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  1. Health & Medicine

    Weight-loss surgery linked to better survival

    Obese middle-aged and older people fare better if they have had bariatric surgery, a long-term study of veterans finds.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Astronomy

    Kepler telescope discovers another 554 possible planets

    Extra year of Kepler telescope data adds 554 possible planets and eight confirmed ones that might be able to host life.

    By Christopher Crockett
  3. Neuroscience

    PET scans hint at brain’s reorganization after injury

    Imaging monkeys’ brains after strokelike injury is giving scientists clues to how neurons reorganize themselves so the animals can move again.

    By Ashley Yeager
  4. Climate

    Stalled global warming linked to North American drought

    Strong Pacific Ocean winds blamed for the global warming hiatus also boosted the odds of severe drought in the southwestern United States.

    By Thomas Sumner
  5. Animals

    Bowhead whales may unlock the secrets to a long, healthy life

    Analyzing the genome of the bowhead whale may help scientists understand how the animals live for more than 200 years.

    By Kate Baggaley
  6. Health & Medicine

    HPV vaccination not linked to multiple sclerosis

    Getting vaccinated against human papillomavirus, or HPV, is not associated with developing multiple sclerosis or similar diseases, a new study shows.

    By Ashley Yeager
  7. Astronomy

    Hubble telescope snaps new images of iconic stellar nursery

    Hubble's new view of the Pillars of Creation, a star-forming region in the Milky Way, hints at how the nebula has changed over the last 20 years.

    By Ashley Yeager
  8. Animals

    Little African cats need big parks

    Protecting African wildcats requires large protected areas free of feral cats to avoid the risk of the wild species disappearing through hybridization.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  9. Animals

    White-nose syndrome messes with bats’ metabolisms

    Bats with the deadly white-nose syndrome use twice as much fat for energy as their healthy companions in winter months.

    By Ashley Yeager
  10. Archaeology

    Stones challenge dating of Easter Island collapse

    Despite losing ground in some areas, Polynesian farmers outlasted European contact.

    By Bruce Bower
  11. Life

    Cold coddles colds

    Antiviral responses aren’t as effective against common cold viruses in cooler temperatures.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Health & Medicine

    ‘AIDS’ gives inside view of science, politics of epidemic

    In ‘AIDS Between Science and Politics,’ pioneering HIV expert Peter Piot discusses the factors and events that shaped the epidemic.

    By Beth Mole